On January 27, Final Fantasy 14 launched its first content update of 2026, with Patch 7.41 introducing new updates to Cosmic Exploration and Phantom Weapons, two of Dawntrail’s main features. The new Final Fantasy 14 patch arrived after a five-hour maintenance period, and also brought some surprising Job balance changes for players to bear in mind.
Final Fantasy 14’s latest update came over a month after the launch of Patch 7.4, Into the Mist. Along with the new main story quests, Patch 7.4 added the third and final tier of the Arcadion raid series. The Heavyweight tier was released in two parts, with normal mode arriving in mid-December and Savage mode launching on January 6. However, Final Fantasy 14’s latest Savage raid tier was marred by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the game’s North American data centers, which negatively affected gameplay. The attacks have been largely mitigated since January 7.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake game director Naoki Hamaguchi shares key details about the upcoming third part of Square Enix's fan-favorite RPG saga.
Following the additions and changes made in the previous Final Fantasy 14 update, Square Enix added some more content to the...
